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Birthday October 17, 1835 Alexandrine-Pieternella Tinne, explored the White Nile |
Birthday October 17, 1893 Spring Byington |
Birthday October 17, 1903 Nathanael West is born |
Birthday October 17, 1903 Irene Ryan, in El Paso Texas |
Birthday October 17, 1915 Arthur Miller, playwright (Death of a Salesman, The Crucible) |
Birthday October 17, 1919 Rita Hayworth, in NY (Alzheimer victim) |
Birthday October 17, 1921 Tom Poston, comedian, Actor |
Birthday October 17, 1928 Julie Adams, in Iowa |
Birthday October 17, 1929 Beverly Garland, in Santa Cruz California |
Birthday October 17, 1930 Jimmy Breslin, newspaperman & raconteur |
Birthday October 17, 1933 William A. Anders, astronaut (Apollo 8) |
Birthday October 17, 1938 Robert 'Evel' Knievel, motorcycle daredevil |
Birthday October 17, 1945 Dave Cutler, CFL place kicker (Edmonton Eskimos) |
Birthday October 17, 1946 Bob Seagren, pole vaulter |
Birthday October 17, 1947 Charles A. Ingene, macromarketing researcher |
Birthday October 17, 1948 Margot Kidder, in Yellowknife - Lois Lane |
Birthday October 17, 1949 George Wendt, cheers |
History October 17, 1492 Columbus sights the isle of San Salvador |
History October 17, 1691 new royal charter for Massachusetts now including Maine Plymouth. |
History October 17, 1777 Patriot victory at Saratoga |
History October 17, 1777 Americans win more than a battle at Saratoga |
History October 17, 1777 British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY |
History October 17, 1781 Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown |
History October 17, 1793 Marie Antoinette executed. |
History October 17, 1835 The first resolution formally creating the Texas Rangers is approved |
History October 17, 1850 Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized |
History October 17, 1864 Longstreet returns to command |
History October 17, 1887 Gustav Kirchoff discoverer of the laws of spectroscopy dies. |
History October 17, 1894 Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man. |
History October 17, 1899 Sutro railroad sold to Robert F. Morrow for $215 000. |
History October 17, 1904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors. |
History October 17, 1906 A shoemaker leads German soldiers in a robbery |
History October 17, 1912 Serbia and Greece declare war on Ottoman Empire in First Balkan War |
History October 17, 1919 RCA created. |
History October 17, 1931 Al Capone convicted of tax evasion sentenced to 11 years in prison |
History October 17, 1933 Albert Einstein arrives in the US a refugee from Nazi Germany. |
History October 17, 1941 Konoye government falls |
History October 17, 1941 1st American destroyer torpedoed in WW2 the Kearny off Iceland |
History October 17, 1945 Juan Peron becomes dictator of Argentina. |
History October 17, 1957 French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature. |
History October 17, 1957 Britain's Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visits White House. |
History October 17, 1960 R&B legends the Drifters earn a #1 pop hit with "Save the Last Dance For Me |
History October 17, 1961 Algerians massacred in Paris |
History October 17, 1962 Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship |
History October 17, 1964 Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra |
History October 17, 1966 President Johnson goes to Asia |
History October 17, 1967 Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km. |
History October 17, 1968 Olympic protestors stripped of their medals |
History October 17, 1969 Soyuz 7 returns to Earth |
History October 17, 1972 1st time Islanders shut-out - 5-0 vs Penguins |
History October 17, 1973 The Arab oil embargo begins. It will last until March 1974. |
History October 17, 1973 OPEC states declare oil embargo |
History October 17, 1973 OPEC enacts oil embargo |
History October 17, 1974 Benji debuts |
History October 17, 1974 Ford explains his pardon of Nixon to Congress |
History October 17, 1977 Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament. |
History October 17, 1977 West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu Somalia free all 86 hostages aboard & killing three of the four hijackers. |
History October 17, 1978 Islanders start 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8) |
History October 17, 1978 Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year |
History October 17, 1979 Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
History October 17, 1985 Lou Pinella named Yankee manager |
History October 17, 1986 U.S. aid to Contras signed into law |
History October 17, 1986 US Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens & offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982. |
History October 17, 1987 1st World Series game in a covered stadium (Minnesota Metrodome). |
History October 17, 1989 Earthquake rocks San Francisco |
History October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake strikes near San Francisco |